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##§%††~...                  RAILS                   ...~††%§##
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##§%††~... TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY ...~††%§##
###§%††~.. HAVE  TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ..~††%§###
##§%††~... CALLED A  "RAILWAY", WHICH IS  COMPRISED ...~††%§##
#§%††~.... OF TWO  METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ....~††%§#
§%††~.....                                          .....~††%§
%††~...... BECAUSE THE  LOW  FRICTION  BETWEEN  THE ......~††%
§%††~..... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE  RAIL METAL, .....~††%§
#§%††~.... THERE ARE  LIMITS  FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE ....~††%§#
##§%††~... CAN  BE,  AND EVEN MORE SO FOR  HOW MUCH ...~††%§##
###§%††~.. THE  GROUND  UNDER  THE  RAILS  CAN   BE ..~††%§###
##§%††~... SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS  OFTEN NOT LED ...~††%§##
#§%††~.... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH  THEM IN ....~††%§#
§%††~..... TUNNELS   (IF  THEY   ARE   LARGE),   OR .....~††%§
%††~......            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            ......~††%
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#§%††~.... THERE WILL BE TREES ON  THE SIDE OF  THE ....~††%§#
##§%††~... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE,  OR THEY  WILL ...~††%§##
###§%††~.. BE CUT  DOWN  BY  THE  RAILWAY JANITORS. ..~††%§###
##§%††~... THERE  WILL  BE  PLAINS,  AND  BODIES OF ...~††%§##
#§%††~....                  WATER.                  ....~††%§#
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%††~...... TRAINS GO  BY DAY  AND BY  NIGHT.  ALONG ......~††%
§%††~.....       THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION      .....~††%§
#§%††~.... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT  ON  TOP OF  POLES, ....~††%§#
##§%††~... TO  BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ...~††%§##
###§%††~.. DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  RAILWAY  HAVE ..~††%§###
##§%††~...          DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.         ...~††%§##
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§%††~..... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP  AND WAIT .....~††%§
%††~...... FOR SOMETHING  TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ......~††%
§%††~..... IS  SIGNALED  BY  RED OR  GREEN  LIGHTS. .....~††%§
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##§%††~... MANY PEOPLE  FOLLOW  THE RAILS BY  FOOT. ...~††%§##
#§%††~.... OFTEN THIS  PROVES  TO  BE  THE  SHORTER ....~††%§#
§%††~..... PATH BETWEEN  TWO  POINTS. HOWEVER  THIS .....~††%§
%††~...... IS  FROWNED  UPON,  AND  VERY   IMPOLITE ......~††%
§%††~.....         TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS!        .....~††%§
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